Chapter 219 217. Yangmou
France, Lyon.
Dumbledore looked at the parchment in his hand solemnly.
He frowned tightly and said softly.
"Has anyone from us confirmed this news?"
Mag took a deep breath aside.
"According to the news from Mr. Iniesta, they secretly sent people to try to contact the first batch of witches who were reformed from the correctional center. They have all changed completely. The Dark Lord treated them all Thorough brainwashing was carried out, and everyone became a fanatical supporter of blood superiority theory, believing that shaman wizards should be born pure-blooded slaves, and almost exposed the people who came into contact with them."
Dumbledore looked at the parchment in his hand silently, and listened to the results reported by McGonagall, before speaking again after a long time.
"The people imprisoned in that correctional center are all adult wizards. They have already formed their own set of solid world views. It is impossible to achieve such an effect so quickly with simple brainwashing. These people are most likely Controlled by the Imperius Curse, or forcibly changed by the Forgotten Curse."
"This method can only have a short-term effect. Adult wizards don't have the same willpower as children. The long-term Imperius Curse will kill their lives, and if the memory and will inserted by the Forgetting Curse are different from their original will If there is a huge contrast, they will often fall into self-doubt, self-denial, and even commit suicide.”
McGonagall's face was pale, and she could hear the tragic future of this group of people from Dumbledore's mouth.
"These people have obviously fallen into his hands... Didn't he want to oppress them? Why would he take their lives!"
Dumbledore let out a long sigh.
"What was the reaction from Iniesta?"
"Those French people have long wanted to rescue their compatriots, and now they are even more impatient. When I came, many people surrounded me, saying that we must express our position as soon as possible. If it continues, the so-called There's no need for the Affirmative Front to exist, they won't just watch their countrymen turn into human house-elves, they'll act on their own."
Dumbledore listened to McGonagall with a calm face, and he spoke slowly.
"This is what he wants to exchange for the lives of this batch of people who came out of the correctional center."
McGonagall was taken aback suddenly, she thought about Dumbledore's words, and then her eyes widened.
"He wants us to take the initiative to attack that correctional center!"
"Judging from his current actions, that's his purpose." Dumbledore crossed his fingers together with a calm face, "Iniesta should also be able to see this, his methods are very straightforward, using these There's no hiding the **** wizard, but what if someone could see that?"
"We couldn't suppress the anger of those French wizards. Even if we explained all the pros and cons to them clearly, they wouldn't think about it at all."
"But why does the Dark Lord want us to attack the correctional facility? What good would that do him?"
"Remember that after we pushed out the two Aurors captured by Jon and the others from Azkaban, you were all wondering why those French wizards who surrendered to the Dark Lord didn't react at all?"
Dumbledore suddenly talked about another thing.
Two weeks ago, at the beginning of December, the Wizards Equal Rights Front pushed McNeill and Scarbio out, and they hacked into the French wizarding radio station (the wizarding world has its own radio station, it is said that in the 20th century they Will it have its own TV channel?), and then fed the two wizards with veritaserum, and revealed that the Auror team of the French Ministry of Magic had been taken over by the British wizards in front of the wizards who were listening to the radio station in France. Occupy the fact.
The French Ministry of Magic under the control of Voldemort also reacted very quickly. When the Wizards Equal Rights Front (hereinafter referred to as "Wupping Line") was about to repeat the broadcast for the second time, they directly cut off the radio station. Voldemort's French wizards knew about it, but Dumbledore's side didn't.
It's just that there was no such violent response as they expected afterwards, which disappointed many wizards in Wupingxian.
"I actually have a very reliable source of information here." Dumbledore said, "After we spread the news through the radio, those French pure-blood and half-blood wizards actually caused a lot of commotion, but they were all captured by the Dark Lord. The head was suppressed with **** means."
"While using the pure blood theory to unite a group of people around him, he still hasn't forgotten the means by which he established his authority in the first place. Obedience rewards benefits, disobedience grants death."
"With his unparalleled personal strength, he can make some voices disappear, but he can't erase people's inner thoughts. These thoughts may not be a problem in normal times. As time goes by, some things will be eliminated. Slowly forget, and some things become habits."
"But in France today, he has not reached the level of stable rule he has in England."
"He must have another event happen to attract everyone's attention. This event must not only be big enough to attract the attention of every French wizard, but it should also improve his prestige and invincibility in the hearts of the French. shaken dominance."
Listening to Dumbledore's narration, and then contacting the cause and effect, McGonagall naturally understood the answer to his question.
"So what he wants to attract the attention of those French is to lure us to attack the correctional center?"
"That's right, in the whole of Europe now, we are the only organization that clearly opposes his rule. He needs a big victory to stabilize his position in France, or to stabilize his position in Europe. And eliminate our vital forces as much as possible , We were already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.”
"Is he so confident that he thinks he can beat us?"
Dumbledore looked calmly.
"I was once defeated by him. The number of elite wizards he led was almost three times that of ours, and we had just signed up for the regiment not long ago. Many of the wizards he took in had no combat experience. The correctional center still The fortress he built with his own hands. If the gap between the two sides is so big and he still doesn't have confidence, then he won't be able to achieve what he is today."
Mag's face was extremely ugly, and there was a strong sense of frustration in her voice.
"Then we really have no chance at all?"
Dumbledore didn't answer her question right away, he tapped the back of the other hand lightly with the index finger of one hand, and after a while he seemed to be muttering to himself.
"Whether there is a chance... depends on Riddle himself."
(end of this chapter)